LA JUNTA ADMINISTRATIVA

Nuestro comité de directores esta conformado por biólogos, contadores, educadores, ambientalistas, profesionistas de zoológicos, profesionales de comunicación- todos comprometidos y trabajando activamente para proteger el bosque tropical.

COTERC By-Laws

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Presidente: Tom Mason
Tom Mason has worked in zoos for over 29 years. He is currently the Curator of Invertebrates and Birds at the Toronto Zoo. He has studied and collected animals on 5 continents. Tom has successfully bred over 50 species of reptiles and amphibians in captivity and is an active member of three recovery teams for endangered species in Ontario.

Tom has worked on conservation projects in Cuba and Costa Rica. He has been actively involved with COTERC for many years. Tom is often found leading groups to the station and providing information filled guided tours through the station trails and canals.

Vice-presidente: Dr. William Rapley
Dr. William Rapley is a Doctor of Veterinary Medicine (D.V.M.) with a Masters in Science and Pharmacology, from the University of Western Ontario. He is the Executive Director for Conservation, Education and Research at Toronto Zoo. Dr.Rapley is also an Adjunct Professor at Ontario Veterinary College, University of Guelph, and a member of the Graduate Faculty at York University, Biology Department and Adjunct Faculty, Biology, Division of Life Sciences at University of Toronto. He is a member of the Conservation Council of Ontario and past President of the Canadian Committee for The World Conservation Union (IUCN) 1998-2004.

Director Ejecutivo*: June Enright
June Enright has over three decades working in Senior Management in the fast paced Investment Industry managing Telecommunications for office and trading areas internationally. June and her husband Malcolm were also responsible for opening and managing two private zoos and both hold a certificates as Class 3 zookeepers. June brings her business background skills and her long term interest in wildlife to assist COTERC in achieving its goals.

Mercadotecnia: Matt Vernhout
Leveraging 8 years of experience, Matt helps leading companies throughout many industries including; financial, travel, hospitality, manufacturing, consumer packaged goods, and retail successfully deliver their online marketing messages promptly and accurately.

As a uniquely qualified individual, Matt works closely with the world's most influential ISPs and translates their demands into ways that help Marketing VPs, Marketing Directors and Marketing Managers take immediate action and implement effective processes.

Desarrollo de Membresías y Voluntarios: Caroline Greenland
Caroline first developed an intrest in COTERC since visiting Cano Palma in 1999 with a group of Toronto Zoo volunteers. Until joining the Board in 2007, Caroline's involvement took the form of attending fund raising events and providing Toronto Zoo Serengeti Bush Camp nights for silent auctions. With almost 30 years experience managing volunteers and education/conservation programs Caroline has been a key contributer to the success of this very important conservation organization.

Educación: Joanna Romani
Joanna is a Spanish and Geography secondary school teacher in Toronto. She holds a Masters Degree in International Affairs and a Bachelor's degree in International Development. Joanna joined the Board of Directors in January 2007 while she was searching for an opportunity to dedicate her time toward a worthwhile cause and found a perfect match in COTERC. The position of Director of Education brought together her passion toward environmental issues and global education.

Servicios: Greg Mayne
Greg Mayne is COTERC's Director of Site Services. He holds a BSC in Environmental Toxicology and a MSC in Wildlife Toxicology from the University of Guelph. Since the mid-1980s, Greg has worked with the Ministry of Natural Resources as a fisheries biologist, investigated the effects of contaminants on Great Lakes wildlife populations while working with the Canadian Wildlife Service, and currently works with Environment Canada's Great Lakes Management Section. He collaborates with government agencies, ENGOs, academia and community-based conservation groups to identify strategies and projects which promote conservation of Great Lakes water quality and biodiversity.

Greg is also COTERC's first Manager of the Cano Palma Biological Station in Costa Rica. From 1991 to 1993, Greg worked to establish the biological station, its monitoring projects and hosted researchers, volunteers and university groups in an effort to protect and better understand tropical rainforest biodiversity. He works closely with COTERC Directors and station management in Costa Rica to improve station infrastructure, facilitate biological monitoring and conservation programs and seeks funding for wildlife monitoring and community-based conservation programs. He is particularly interested in seeing that biological information collected from Cano Palma Biological Station is published and shared with other conservation groups.

Conservacióne Investigación: Dr. Kymberley Anne Snarr
Dr. Kymberley Snarr is an Environmental Anthropologist whose overarching focus of her work revolves around sustainability issues through the examination of the interface between non-human primates, human primates, and the forests both inhabit. She has a broad understanding of current global environmental challenges from both an anthropological and environmental perspective, and applies these perspectives to both her teaching at the University of Toronto, Centre for Environment, and her research in which incorporates social and hard science methods.

Archivos Históricos: Jim Taylor
Jim Taylor is currently employed by the LCBO and works in the Information Technology area. Jim is an avid photograper, responsible for many of the excellent photographs taken at Caño Palma Biological Station that are posted and archived on COTERC's website and used for marketing. Jim has been long time supporter of the charity and its work.

Director Actual: Christina Phillips
Christina teaches Chemistry and Biology at a secondary school in Richmond Hill. She holds Bachelor's degrees in the fields of Biology and Education and a Master's degree in Forest Conservation. Christina first developed an interest in COTERC while looking for opportunities outside her classroom to combine her environmental knowledge and educational skills. She found the perfect opportunity to apply her knowledge through her work on the secondary educational manual. Christina did not want to end her involvement with COTERC after the manual was completed and was honoured to be invited to join the Board. She is currently serving as a Director at Large and is involved with projects concerning forest conservation.

Director Actual: Colette McKee
Colette has been very interested in the conservation of the Costa Rican rainforest since her husband, son and daughter first visited Caño Palma in Costa Rica more than 8 years ago and came back with all kinds of stories and pictures. Since then she has visited the Costa Rican rainforest twice, enjoying every minute. Over the years Colette has contributed a significant amount of time and effort to assist COTERC administratively and with fund raising.

Colettes working career started in the banking industry. After a few years she joined the Ontario Government and has been there for over 30 years, two decades of which have been in Information Technology (IT). Currently Colette is the Manager of the Systems and User Acceptance Testing Unit responsible for testing large IT applications.

Colette is married to Barry McKee and they have two children, Caroline and Andrew.

Finanzas: Barry McKee
Barry was introduced to the Costa Rican rainforest by Tom Mason on a visit to Caño Palma in Costa Rica in 2001. Since then he has visited the Costa Rican rainforest seven more times. Barry has been the Director of Finance for COTERC since 2004.

Barry is a seasoned IT professional with over 30 years in IT. Currently, he is the Head of the Children and Corporate Systems & Development Branch (CCSDB) responsible for IT applications for the Ministries of Community and Social Services (MCSS) and Children, Youth and Social Services (MCYSS). Prior to MCSS/MCYS, Barry was the Director of IT Development Branch in the Ministry of Health. Barry also worked for over 10 years with the IT Department in WISB.

Barry has had a keen interest in tropical fish since he was young. He now specializes in cichlids from Central and South America.

Eventos Especiales: Rachel Atkins
Rachel is a Project Management Professional (PMP) and Project Risk Management Consultant with Deloitte. She has more than 10 years of professional IT experience covering the insurance, card processing, banking and media sectors with a focus on project management and team leadership. She has successfully planned and implemented information technology strategies to satisfy a range of client needs and expectations. Over the past few years, in combination with roles in management and leadership, Rachel has also participated on engagements in an advisory capacity identifying project risks, assessing impacts and recommending best practices or additional alternatives to manage risk.

Her academic background includes a Bachelor of Science Degree in Applied Mathematics and Physics and, she is a PMI Certified Project Management Professional (PMP) and has passed the CISA exam (Certified Information System Auditor). Rachel joined COTERC as a Director at Large in April 2006 and subsequently moved into the role of Director of Special Events planning the annual fundraiser, Fiesta Verde, along with the support of a dedicated committee.

Director Support Services: Malcolm Enright
Malcolm (Blue) Enright retired from his Plumbing and Contracting businesses and now utilizes his business skills to the benefit of COTERC. He brings a broad range of knowledge from his days as a private zoo owner where he was successful in his work captive propagation programs with endangered species. A long term supporter of the work being done here in and Costa Rica, he often visits the station to lend a hand.

Secretario de Membresías*: Susan Kunanec
Susan first visited Cano Palma in 2004 and was immediately hooked by the rainforest and the work that COTERC was doing to preserve it. She has visited the station every year since then and has supported many of COTERC's fundraising events.

Susan holds a BSc. in Applied Chemistry and is an Associate of the Institute for Canadian Bankers. She has worked at Bank of Montreal headquarters for over 20 years in various roles pertaining to marketing and financial databases including development, programming, analysis, training, consulting and interpreting business/financial needs for technology groups. On most Saturdays she can be found volunteering at the Toronto Zoo, sharing her passion for nature with visitors.

Editor de Raphia*: Marilyn Cole
Marilyn has worked in offices as an Administrative Assistant for many years, but her most satisfying job during her varied career was working as a keeper for 22 years at the Toronto Zoo. She became fascinated with non-human primates while there and spent six months working with Dr. Birute Galdikas researching the behaviour of Orangutans in southern Borneo. She has also done studies in Gibraltar on Barbary Macaques and on Leatherback Sea Turtles and Spider Monkeys in Costa Rica.

While there she and her former husband were able to purchase the property now known as Caño Palma Biological Station and established the charity, the "Canadian Organization for Tropical Education and Rainforest Conservation" (COTERC) in 1991. Marilyn served as both Executive Director and later as Chair of COTERC until she retired and embarked on a year-long journey in a motorhome around Canada and the United States. Upon her return in July 2008, she took up the post of Raphia Editor and Layout Designer.

Marilyn holds a B.Sc. in Physical Anthropology and a Masters Degree in Environmental Studies and is the author of several papers on animal behaviour.

Director de formato de Raphia*: Marilyn Cole

Comité de Asesoramiento*: Dr. Robert Murphy
Dr. Robert Murphy is a Professor at the University of Toronto in the Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology. He also works at the Royal Ontario Museum, Department of Natural History, as the Senior Curator for the Herpetology Centre for Biodiversity & Conservation Biology. Dr. Murphy is an Adjunct Professor for Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy Sciences (Laboratory of Molecular Evolution & Genome Diversity), East China Normal University and Hainan Normal University.

Comité de Asesoramiento*: Fiona Reid
Fiona A. Reid has a BA degree in biology from Cambridge University and an MSc in Animal Behaviour from SUNY at Stony Brook, New York. She is author of a number of scientific papers on small mammals of the Neotropics, focusing on taxonomy, distribution, and conservation. She has written and/or illustrated more than a dozen books on mammals, including "A field guide to the mammals of Central America and southeast Mexico" Oxford University Press, 1997. While researching that book she lived in Central America for two years, capturing small mammals and drawing them from life.

Fiona also wrote and illustrated an all new Peterson Field Guide to Mammals of North America, published in 2006 by Houghton-Mifflin. For this work she captured and drew from life almost all the bats and small rodents that occur in North America. She illustrated The Golden Guide to Bats of the World, Bats of Papua New Guinea, and Mammals of the Neotropics (volumes 1-3). Fiona is a Departmental Associate of the Centre for Biodiversity and Conservation Biology at the Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto.

Fiona has worked part-time as an eco-tourist guide for 20 years, leading trips to numerous destinations. She also co-leads Founder's Circle tours for Bat Conservation International, and has taken groups to Africa, Australia, Brazil, Costa Rica, and Madagascar to study bats.

Comité de Asesoramiento*: Peter Silverman
A journalist since 1974, Peter Silverman started his career at Global Television as a reporter covering a variety of beats including, labour disputes, Queen's Park matters, military concerns and terrorism. He was also the host writer for "Code 10-78", a half-hour reconstruction of unsolved crimes. Peter also acted as a freelance print journalist covering a variety of subjects ranging from policing, terrorism, labour, military, strategic affairs to social policy issues.

"Silverman Helps" has garnered two Edward R. Murrow Awards, has been recognized for Best Feature and Best Investigative program. Competing against CNN, CBC, CTV, Fox and BBC, 2005 saw Peter and his team winning two awards at the New York Festivals. In 1994 he was awarded a Toronto Police Citation for his work in exposing a major computer fraud operation. Most recently he was honoured by the Lieutenant Governor with the Order of Ontario.

Comité de Asesoramiento*: Marilyn Cole

Diseñador del Sitio*: Peter Klose
Peter is the Director of Safari Zoo Camp at Jungle Cat World Wildlife Park, an accredited zoological park that strives to protect and conserve the natural world by offering the public engaging wildlife education programs and experiences with animals to help foster the necessary awareness, knowledge, skills and confidence to live in an environmentally responsible way. He has been sharing his passion and knowledge of wild species and spaces with the public for nearly two decades.

His passion for visiting remote wilderness regions has taken him throughout the USA, Canada, Europe, Central and South America. He participates in various outdoor activities including rock climbing, caving, SCUBA diving, kayaking, hiking, hang gliding and mountain biking.

Traductora de Español*: Carolina Holguín

Traductora de Español*: Pablo Velez
Pablo studied Environmental Engineering in Colombia for four years, obtaining the Canadian equivalence two years later. After spending a year studying English in Toronto he then studied Environmental Protection Technology at Centennial College. During this period he worked and volunteered with different organizations, acquiring valuable experience and knowledge on various environmental issues. In 2007 he spent 3 months in Central America doing research on sustainability projects, conservation and sustainable development. During this time he visited the Caño Palma Biological Station. Currently he is working on an Environmental Film Festival for Columbia, which will visit communities and schools to generate environmental awareness and education through films and workshops.

French Translator *: Ellie Dufresne
Ellie is a Raptor Handler and Wildlife Educator for the Canadian Raptor Conservancy, an organization that specializes in Birds of Prey. Their primary focus is to educate the general public about Birds of Prey and their important role in our natural world. She is in charge of the schools outreach educational programs and all French programs and relations.

Her passion for the outdoors has taken her to visit different regions of Canada, the USA, South America, Asia, Australia and New Zealand. Her hobbies include paragliding, rock climbing, kayaking, rafting, hiking, and mountain biking.

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